Southwest flight makes emergency landing after window cracked

Wednesday, May 2nd 2018, 4:43 am AKDT by CBS News

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Wednesday, May 2nd 2018, 8:43 am AKDT

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CHICAGO -- A Southwest Airlines flight heading from Chicago to Newark was forced to make an emergency landing in Cleveland on Wednesday, after a window apparently cracked on the plane, according to CBS Chicago. FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory told CNN that Southwest flight 957 from Midway to Newark landed safely in Cleveland, after a report of an issue with a window aboard the aircraft.

Southwest Airlines said the crew decided to land in Cleveland "for maintenance review of one of the multiple layers of a window plane."

"The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance review, and our local Cleveland Employees are working diligently to accommodate the 76 Customers on a new aircraft to Newark," the airline said in a statement.

Several passengers have shared pictures of the broken window on Twitter.